Australian Mists

AUSTRALIAN MISTS

photo by Robert Fox

'Cookie' is my very first Australian Mist and came from Val King - Rosevalleymists she is a beautiful chocolate spotted mist.

Cookie has been DNA tested to check that she does not carry a hereditary condition called Pyruvate Kinase deficiency, her results show she is negative for this condition.

Australian Mists were developed from Burmese, Abyssinians and the Domestic tabby cat, the Burmese donating the largest proportion of genetic material, their character and temperament is very similar to that of a Burmese. However their coat colours and patterns are very different, they come in two coat patterns spotted and marbled tabby and seven colours Brown, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac then Gold (which is cinnamon), Peach (which is fawn). Their type is moderate in every way nothing at all extreme about them. It is the Burmese gene that is responsible for the misted effect and the beautiful colouring of the Mists.

The breed founder Truda Straede has devoted 30 years to developing the breed, they have a large foundation of cats and are definitely not inbred.

To read more about how she developed them please visit her website

http://www.allaustralianmistcat.com/index.html

and

The UK Australian Mist Cat Club

http://www.australianmists.co.uk/index.html

I am looking forward to working with the breed, establishing it in the UK and helping it gain GCCF recognition.

The Australian Mists have now had their Registration Policy and Standard of Points approved by the GCCF Executive Committee on the 6th September 2011, they have recommended that the policy should be passed by the Delegates at the next Council Meeting on the 26th October 2011, which means we will officially be able to start showing our cats at Preliminary Recognition level.

The Mists will be at shows in 2012 and we are working to gain the required number of Merits, 15 cats needing 4 Merits each under 4 different Judges, of which only 2 may be awarded as a kitten. Exciting times ahead!

Rosevalley Fanny Robbins (Cookie)